[Sca-cooks] canned salmon

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Oct 20, 2005, at 1:43 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:

>> Pulse oatmeal in food processor, not too much.
>>
>
> He may be using a food processor, but he has that medieval style of  
> recipe writing down. :-)
>
> For us less expert cooks, what does "not too much" mean? Leave some  
> large lumps? Leave only a few, smaller lumps?

The type of oatmeal isn't specified (and perhaps doesn't matter much  
if it's being re-ground in a food processor), but I'd guess the  
object is to produce something like "pinhead" oats, which is a  
somewhat finer grind than Americans normally associate with steel-cut  
Irish or Scottish porridge oats, but not totally ground down to  
flour. I further guess this is a job where reground rolled oats would  
do fine in, and they're soft enough to be ground reasonably well in a  
food processor. Since the purpose appears to be to absorb excess  
moisture without making them crumbly, you probably want a sort of  
sandy consistency.

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>
>> Mix salmon, egg and oil.
>> Add enough oatmeal to get a good firm texture. Fry on skillet
>>
>
> For those looking for something that would be familiar to modern  
> diners, this sounds a lot like salmon crochets.

Well, if they're crocheted, that might explain their lacy consistency  
(okay, guys, I'm tired, sue me). Maybe a little more like modern  
crabcakes or fish cakes. Classically, croquettes are a slightly more  
complex article (and after years of being traumatized by them in  
childhood, I've only comparatively recently realized that it was  
maternal execution of same, and not the Croquette Concept, that was  
giving me nightmares).

Adamantius




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